You have the ability, now apply yourself.

It isn't more light we need, it isn't more truth, and it isn't more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.

I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.

In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.